‘I thought that was a safe space to do that, weirdly,’ actor said of controversial moment. Adrien Brody has addressed claims he was banned from Saturday Night Live following an infamous skit. The actor, who has just won a Golden Globe for his role in The Brutalist, hosted SNL back in May 2003 – and has never appeared on the US sketch show since.
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Over the years, it has been claimed that this was due to a controversial moment in which he clumsily introduced rapper Sean Paul, who was born in Kingston, Jamaica, by wearing a dreadlock wig and speaking in an exaggerated Jamaican accent despite being from New York.
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However, he acknowledged that he has never been invited back to host again, so levelled: “So I don’t know what to tell you.”. Brody explained that all of the producers were “literally agape from me pitching” the idea of introducing Paul in that manner, but acquiesced and supplied him with the wig.
He said that, in the dress rehearsal, producer Lorne Michaels “wasn’t happy with me embellishing a bit”, but said he was ultimately “allowed” to proceed with the introduction, adding: “I thought that was a safe space to do that, weirdly.”.
The moment has been essentially struck from the SNL records, and is unavailable to watch on any of the show’s official pages. Brody was also asked about another controversial moment from his career – namely when he suddenly kissed Halle Berry when she presented him with the Best Actor Oscar back in 2003 for The Pianist. But the outlet notes that he is “dismayed” by the reference and “declined to say anything about it”.
